Tenant sued landlord in housing court in an HP proceeding, seeking correction of specified conditions that violated the Housing Maintenance Code (HMC). HPD later asked the court to hold landlord in contempt and...
Five landlords sued the New York State Attorney General (AG) in federal court in February 2021, challenging the constitutionality of Part A of the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance through improper conduct. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case based on improper service of the court papers. Tenant pointed out that landlord's notices...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. Landlord later asked the court for permission to amend its notice of petition. Tenant, in turn, asked the court to dismiss the case. Landlord had sent its court...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for nuisance and for violating his lease by illegally subletting his apartment for short-term rentals at excessive rates and without landlord's knowledge or consent. Landlord also...
Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance through harassing behavior. Tenant claimed retaliatory eviction and asked for a temporary stay of the case until May 1, 2021, under CEEFPA after filing a hardship...
Former tenant sued landlord in small claims court in Rye, N.Y., for return of his security deposit. The court dismissed the case, finding that it had no jurisdiction over landlord or tenant. Landlord lived in Georgia...
Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for nonpayment of rent. Tenant claimed that landlord's rent demand and petition were defective because the claimed rent exceeded the contract rent. Tenant also...
Landlord sued to evict tenant, based on claimed illegal conversion of the apartment by tenant's installation of partitions and creating added rooms in the unit. Landlord asked the court to direct tenant to pay...
Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict shareholder tenant for nonpayment of rent. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case, finding that landlord's rent demand didn't contain a good-...
Landlord HDFC sued to evict tenant, who had only a verbal rental agreement. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case because landlord hadn't stated any cause to terminate her tenancy in its court papers. The...
